Hello and welcome to the Thursday open thread and various comment diary.
RKBA is a DKos group of second amendment supporters who also have progressive and liberal values. We don't think that being a liberal means one has to be anti-gun. Some of us are extreme in our second amendment views (no licensing, no restrictions on small arms) and some of us are more moderate (licensing, restrictions on small arms.) Moderate or extreme, we hold one common belief: more gun control equals lost elections. We don't want a repeat of 1994. We are an inclusive group: if you see the Second Amendment as safeguarding our right to keep and bear arms individually, then come join us in our conversation. If you are against the right to keep and bear arms, come join our conversation. We look forward to seeing you. RKBA stands for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
Today, we have an armed citizen who kept her cool and was able to drive a would be robber off. He was arrested by the police shortly after the incident.
TG has yet another blurb for us today:
Isn't it interesting, how people who are against the private ownership of firearms are so quick to question the sanity of those who choose to own firearms, but people who are for the private ownership of guns never question the sanity of those who choose not to do so?
Now, in all fairness, we'll point out an apparent case of hoplophobia now and then, but only when referring to a person who, through their various postings and/or diaries, shows that they have an irrational fear of firearms. You know, the actual definition of the word. I have never seen it applied, here at DKos, at any rate, to someone who simply does not like guns -- only to those who take it to an irrational, overwhelming level.
So, to recap, it seems as though it is acceptable, in some circles, to label those who choose to exercise their Right to Keep and Bear Arms, as protected by the Second Amendment, as somehow mentally aberrant, even if there is no actual reason to do so. Seems like the very definition of bigotry, to me -- though your opinion may, of course, differ. I won't even question your mental competence if it does so differ.
I'm going to steal a Morning Feature device that they call the Coffee Spew. I'm not going to name it anything but I will throw up some rather hilarious comments I find in RKBA threads. Considering our diary from this last Tuesday, I'm just going to skip it and go to something posted on Wednesday:
Your idea (5+ / 0-)
of safely securing guns would seem to be confiscating them all and destroying them.
I do not want what you are selling.
Unique. (link plays streaming audio)
by kestrel9000 on Wed Mar 03, 2010 at 06:26:10 AM CST
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No, because if you destroy them, (2+ / 0-)
the evil spirits that lurk inside guns and possess people to randomly whip them out to start blasting with no provocation will be released, and forced to find new inanimate objects to... animate with their evil eviliness.
No, they must be sealed in an abandoned mineshaft, surrounded by eldritch wards and sealed by powerful spells, and kept watch over by an immortal guardian.
Or, the CCW-holder could keep it concealed on him where it's as secure as it'll ever get.
Non enim propter gloriam, diuicias aut honores pugnamus set propter libertatem solummodo quam Nemo bonus nisi simul cum vita amittit. -Declaration of Arbroath
by Robobagpiper on Wed Mar 03, 2010 at 06:53:51 AM CST
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From Shadan7:
On Wednesday there was a diary posted titled Guns and Starbucks and Smoking, oh my! which evidently the diarist deleted after it had some 125 comments, many supporting gun owner's rights.
This could be seen as something of a 'victory' for our group, and an indication of how attitudes are changing. Personally, I find it very unfortunate. I don't want to see any kind of discussion suppressed - if people have an anti-gun position, they should feel free to post it and defend it, because it gives those of us who are pro-RKBA a chance to educate and inform. Yeah, I'd like to get to the point where enough Democrats and specifically Kossacks are pro-RKBA that anti-gun sentiments don't show up often, but I hate to see the debate just dropped like in this instance.